Winston Du – In 1952, the Republican party nominated General Dwight D. Eisenhower to be its candidate for President. This was an altogether peculiar situation: just four years earlier, the liberal Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) had tried (unsuccessfully) to draft Eisenhower to replace Truman on the Democratic ticket in 1948.¹ Moreover, while Eisenhower had […]
Presidential Elections: Past and Present
Editors of the Vanderbilt Historical Review and the Vanderbilt Political Review partnered for the inaugural Political History Podcast series. The three-part series is comprised of interviews with some of Vanderbilt’s leading scholars on elections, historical voting patterns, and socioeconomic changes in the United States. Part 1 of “Presidential Elections: Past and Present” is an interview with Dr. Jefferson Cowie. As the […]